Usb To Micro Usb Charging Cable Only

Any micro usb cable worth its salt even micro usb to usb c cables can carry up to 15 w of charging power although most tap out around 12 w and transfer data at sluggish usb 2 0 speeds.

Usb to micro usb charging cable only. A usb data cable with 4 wires how to tell the difference. Usb type c is supposed to be the wunderkind of usb technology. Short micro usb cable cablecreation usb to micro usb 24 awg triple shielded fast charger cable compatible with tv stick ps4 chromecast power pack android phone 0 5 ft black 4 5 out of 5 stars 2 375. Usb universal serial bus cables are everywhere.

Micro usb cable xiae 5pack 3 3 6 6 10ft nylon braided fast charging cable aluminum housing usb charger android cable for samsung galaxy s7 edge s6 s5 android phone lg g4 htc and more silver gray 4 5 out of 5 stars 1 558. Charging cables provide power connections but not data. If you ve ever needed to charge anything from smartphones to tablets to cameras and even new laptops you ve likely needed to use one. Charging docks supply power and do not include a host device or data pins allowing any capable usb device to charge or operate from a standard usb cable.

The idea would be to cut a small usb extension cable in half and put about six feet of two conductor cable 18 gauge between them much less voltage drop than the 24 26 gauge power cord in the cables. Because the usb implementers forum doesn t have any rule enforcing usb manufacturers to label or differentiate charge only cables from data transfer cables it is almost impossible to tell them apart. Printer cables laptop charging cables digital camera cables hdmi cables smartphone charging cables gaming console cables scanner and fax cables while micro usb cables can do a lot they can t go that far. However there are still some proven ways to find out if a usb cable is charge only or supports data transfer.

In a charge only cable the data wires are shorted at the device end otherwise the device may reject the charger as unsuitable.